[Triangle-AR] Night Navigation Practice?

[Don Childrey]

Hi Patrick,

I'd like to get in some night nav too. I was even considering joining BOK
just to be able to do their night-O in March.

In the Raleigh area, I don't think any of the park areas are technically
"open" at night, which only leaves us with the more subversive options.
I'd be willing to consider something along those lines.

If you're willing to venture a little further away, the Uwharrie National
Forest can offer other options. The Forest doesn't close at night, and I'd
certainly be willing to help set up some kind of course for night nav. It
might even be worth planning for an overnight trip and getting in some day
or night riding/hiking as well.

My past AR experiences at night have only involved simple nav where we
were following roads/trails. I learned then that paying more attention to
your cyclometer would help. I have yet to do any real night orienteering.
With night-O, my guess is that one would need to rely more heavily on the
compass and less on the surrounding contours, since they're harder to see.
It might also be useful to send a teammate ahead as a bearing marker,
since distant trees etc would be harder to see.

Anyone else interested in setting up something for night nav training?

Don
www.GoldNuggetAR.com


>   Hi All -
>
>   Does anyone have a good way to practice night time navigation?
> Preferably in the greater Raleigh area.
>   And in case you were wondering, I have already heard many suggestions of
> wearing dark sunglasses (and one vote for a welders mask) at the next
> BOK. :-)
>
>   Also, as someone new to using UTM, could Brian and Jeff expand on what
> the "non-standard use of UTM's" were on the Blackbeard race back in
> October? Just hoping for some AR education not involving pain!
>
>   Thanks.....Patrick Downie
>
>
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